I’m never finished with my paintings; the further I get, the more I seek the impossible and the more powerless I feel.
CLAUDE MONETI must have flowers, always, and always.
More Claude Monet Quotes
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I’ve only myself to blame for it, my impotence most of all and my weakness. If I do any good work now it will be only by chance.
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All I did was to look at what the universe showed me, to let my brush bear witness to it.
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It’s on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly.
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These landscapes of water and reflection have become an obsession.
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When it is dark, it seems to me as if I were dying, and I can’t think any more.
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A good impression is lost so quickly.
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It’s the hardest thing to be alone in being satisfied with what one’s done.
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I am enslaved to my work, always wanting the impossible, and never, I believe, have I been less favoured by the endlessly changeable weather.
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It is only too easy to catch people’s attention by doing something worse than anyone else has dared to do it before.
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What I need most of all is color, always, always.
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It is better to have done something than to have been someone.
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When I look at nature I feel as if I’ll be able to paint it all, note it all down, and then you might as well forget it once you’re working.
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For me, the subject is of secondary importance: I want to convey what is alive between me and the subject.
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Despite my extremely modest prices, dealers and art lovers are turning their backs on me. It is very depressing to see the lack of interest shown in an art object which has no market value.
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Light is the most important person in the picture.
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